Patents by Inventor Patrick Brigham Cullen
Patrick Brigham Cullen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230351458Abstract: Methods and apparatus for partitioned private interconnects to provider networks are described. At least a portion of available bandwidth of a private physical interconnect between a provider network and a connectivity intermediary's network is designated as the bandwidth limit of an interconnect partition set up on behalf of a customer at the request of the intermediary. The intermediary's network comprises one or more devices to which at least one of the customer's devices is connected. Access to one or more resources of the provider network via the interconnect is enabled. Traffic monitoring results associated with the interconnect are used to enforce the designated bandwidth limit of the partition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shuai Ye, Mark Edward Stalzer, Patrick Brigham Cullen
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Patent number: 11682055Abstract: Methods and apparatus for partitioned private interconnects to provider networks are described. At least a portion of available bandwidth of a private physical interconnect between a provider network and a connectivity intermediary's network is designated as the bandwidth limit of an interconnect partition set up on behalf of a customer at the request of the intermediary. The intermediary's network comprises one or more devices to which at least one of the customer's devices is connected. Access to one or more resources of the provider network via the interconnect is enabled. Traffic monitoring results associated with the interconnect are used to enforce the designated bandwidth limit of the partition.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shuai Ye, Mark Edward Stalzer, Patrick Brigham Cullen
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Publication number: 20210142374Abstract: Methods and apparatus for partitioned private interconnects to provider networks are described. At least a portion of available bandwidth of a private physical interconnect between a provider network and a connectivity intermediary's network is designated as the bandwidth limit of an interconnect partition set up on behalf of a customer at the request of the intermediary. The intermediary's network comprises one or more devices to which at least one of the customer's devices is connected. Access to one or more resources of the provider network via the interconnect is enabled. Traffic monitoring results associated with the interconnect are used to enforce the designated bandwidth limit of the partition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shuai Ye, Mark Edward Stalzer, Patrick Brigham Cullen
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Patent number: 10909592Abstract: Methods and apparatus for partitioned private interconnects to provider networks are described. At least a portion of available bandwidth of a private physical interconnect between a provider network and a connectivity intermediary's network is designated as the bandwidth limit of an interconnect partition set up on behalf of a customer at the request of the intermediary. The intermediary's network comprises one or more devices to which at least one of the customer's devices is connected. Access to one or more resources of the provider network via the interconnect is enabled. Traffic monitoring results associated with the interconnect are used to enforce the designated bandwidth limit of the partition.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shuai Ye, Mark Edward Stalzer, Patrick Brigham Cullen
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Publication number: 20190188763Abstract: Methods and apparatus for partitioned private interconnects to provider networks are described. At least a portion of available bandwidth of a private physical interconnect between a provider network and a connectivity intermediary's network is designated as the bandwidth limit of an interconnect partition set up on behalf of a customer at the request of the intermediary. The intermediary's network comprises one or more devices to which at least one of the customer's devices is connected. Access to one or more resources of the provider network via the interconnect is enabled. Traffic monitoring results associated with the interconnect are used to enforce the designated bandwidth limit of the partition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shuai Ye, Mark Edward Stalzer, Patrick Brigham Cullen
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Patent number: 10282669Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for determining a possible cause of a problem in a computer system. A trouble-shooting component of the computer system may perform forward chaining on the available data to determine one or more hypotheses of the cause of the problem. The component may then perform backward chaining on the hypotheses to determine missing information that, if known, would increase or decrease the likelihood of the hypotheses being true. Then, the component may perform Bayesian probability analysis on the known and missing information to determine a probability that each hypothesis is correct.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Po-Chun Chen, Patrick Brigham Cullen
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Patent number: 10217145Abstract: Methods and apparatus for partitioned private interconnects to provider networks are described. At least a portion of available bandwidth of a private physical interconnect between a provider network and a connectivity intermediary's network is designated as the bandwidth limit of an interconnect partition set up on behalf of a customer at the request of the intermediary. The intermediary's network comprises one or more devices to which at least one of the customer's devices is connected. Access to one or more resources of the provider network via the interconnect is enabled. Traffic monitoring results associated with the interconnect are used to enforce the designated bandwidth limit of the partition.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shuai Ye, Mark Edward Stalzer, Patrick Brigham Cullen
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Patent number: 9954763Abstract: Methods and apparatus for pre-configured virtual gateways for isolated virtual networks are described. An isolated virtual network (IVN) is configured at a provider network on behalf of a customer. The IVN includes one or more devices whose network addresses are not accessible from the public Internet. In response to a request from a connectivity intermediary, a virtual private gateway (VPG) is established, configurable to enable connectivity between IVNs of the provider network and devices outside the provider network. The VPG is included within a set of candidate VPGs indicated programmatically to the customer. Connectivity is established between the customer's IVN and an external device via the VPG.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shuai Ye, Patrick Brigham Cullen, Mark Edward Stalzer
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Patent number: 9749039Abstract: A portable device is brought into a data center for testing connectivity between a customer and a service provider. A user of the device uses the device to requests ticket and customer information from a service provider in order to obtain more information about a particular task. The user plugs a cable into the device and performs a series of diagnostic tests on the connection. The device is configured to display the results of the diagnostic tests and any associated errors. The user of the device performs one or more actions based on the results of the diagnostic tests.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2013Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Po-Chun Chen, David Brian Lennon, Patrick Brigham Cullen, Daniel Thomas Robinson, Jawash Mohamed, Alexander Justin Penney, Kevin Christopher Miller, Marwan Salah Oweis
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Patent number: 9451393Abstract: Methods and apparatus for automated multi-party cloud connectivity provisioning are disclosed. A system includes resources of a provider network, and a connectivity coordinator. The coordinator collects network service offering metadata of a plurality of connectivity providers using a first set of programmatic interfaces. In response to a connectivity query specifying connectivity parameters, the coordinator identifies, using at least a portion of the metadata, a collection of one or more connectivity providers of the plurality of connectivity providers capable of providing connectivity between a client network and a provider network endpoint in accordance with the connectivity parameters. In response to a connectivity establishment request, the coordinator initiates, using another programmatic interface, an activation of a network connection between the client network and a selected provider network endpoint.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2012Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Brigham Cullen, Kevin Christopher Miller, Marwan S. Oweis
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Patent number: 9336020Abstract: User actions for configuring a computing environment may be recorded and converted to a workflow definition. A translation layer may be associated with the workflow definition and invoked to perform actions described by the workflow by utilizing one or more application programming interfaces. The translation layer may adapt to application programming interface idiosyncrasies by translating state transitions, including asynchronous to synchronous state transitions and synchronous to asynchronous state transitions.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Marwan Salah Oweis, Jason Bradley Goelitz, Patrick Brigham Cullen
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Patent number: 9300625Abstract: Data payloads that may not be accessible to customer computing devices may be utilized to verify network address ownership. In some examples, a first payload may be provided to a computing device having an address. Additionally, a second payload may be received from the computing device. Based at least in part on a relationship between the first payload and the second payload, an action associated with the address may be performed.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Nachiketh Rao Potlapally, Eric Jason Brandwine, Patrick Brigham Cullen
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Patent number: 9059941Abstract: A provider network may implement providing router information according to a programmatic interface. A plurality of routers may be implemented as part of provider network. Clients that utilize these routers may wish to obtain information specific to one or more routers in order to configure communications utilizing the particular router. A request may be received for the information from the client that is formatted according to the programmatic interface that is platform-independent. The requests may be maintained along with other received requests until selected for servicing according to a priority scheme. The request may be translated into one or more versions of the request that are formatted according to a interfaces specific to the one or more routers. The translated one or more versions of the request may be sent to the one or more routers to obtain the information from the one or more routers. The information may then be provided to the client.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Marwan Salah El-Din Oweis, Patrick Brigham Cullen